📚 Facebook open-sources a static analyzer for Python code

Need a tool to check your Python-based applications for security issues? Facebook has open-sourced Pysa (Python Static Analyzer), a tool that looks at how data flows through the code and helps developers prevent data flowing into places it shouldn’t. How the Python Static Analyzer works Pysa is a security-focused tool built on top of Pyre, Facebook’s performant type checker for Python. “Pysa tracks flows of data through a program. The user defines sources (places where … More →

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